Douglas Mwonzora’s MDC-T has begun campaigning for upcoming by-elections using main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa’s party name, the MDC Alliance.
Zimbabwe will hold by-elections on the 26th of March to fill the vacant seats in the National Assembly after Mwonzora’s recall of legislators and councillors aligned to Chamisa.
Through a controversial March 2020 Supreme Court ruling that declared Illegitimate Chamisa’s leadership of the party left by Morgan Tsvangirai after his death in 2018, Mwonzora recalled MDC Alliance MPs, grabbed funds and assets.
Now he has grabbed the name.
MDC-T Secretary for Special Projects and Party Business Norest Marara has created his campaigning flair under the MDC Alliance name. Observers said Mwonzora is doing this “to confuse voters and reap votes from the popular brand.”
Mwonzora has since written to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission indicating that the MDC Alliance name belongs exclusively to his party.
He said: “I was elected substantive president of the party, by virtue of the composite political agreement signed on August 5, 2018 and subsequent meetings of the MDC Alliance, I assumed leadership of the MDC Alliance.
“We advise that no one else is allowed to sign for, and present candidates for, and on behalf of the MDC, any of its derivatives and the MDC Alliance.”
Former cabinet Minister Jonathan Moyo said: “While we know and appreciate Mwonzora and his party have links with Zanu PF, State House and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, claiming the MDC Alliance name on the basis of an expired agreement is absurd.”
“It’s inherently absurd and ZEC must dismiss Mwonzora after he wrote a letter to them on that issue. He is not the leader of the MDC Alliance.
“Mwonzora was never President of the MDC Alliance electoral pact because there was never such a position anyway; the coalition had a presidential election candidate, first it was Tsvangirai before his death and later Chamisa. Mwonzora was also never leader of the MDC Alliance party.” Nehanda Radio
Mwonzora is and will always be a ZANU pf.He is an enemy of change and progress
An enemy of change in our life time
Neniwo shefu makanyanya kupfava hazvidi chikristu izvi
Aaah he can use chamisa s bame or else he is short of ca candidates
MDC Alliance is not Chamisa’s party name. It was a group of political parties trying to defeat ZANU PF. Now Chamisa doesn’t have a party name.
Engelbert Rugeje what is the name of Douglas Mwonzora’s party name
Why mdc a today not MDC T as yesterday
This mwonzora is Lucifer himself
Uyu munhu anotemba nei chaizvo?
No people at heart mwonzora uyo
Muwonzora anofa ne jealous
Kkkk kkk kkk mukutamba bhora rakanaka vafana handeyi ndakatarisa kanandisina zwekuita